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Best Degree with hospitality credits? - MINHAC - 06-17-2019
Hello!
I have 86 community college credits earned in restaurant management and culinary arts programs. Does anyone have any idea as to what degree programs would would be the most transfer friendly for these credits?
Thank you for your help.
RE: Best Degree with hospitality credits? - dfrecore - 06-18-2019
I guess it depends on what you want to do. I'd probably just find a school with degree in hospitality management. Since your credits are all from CC's, it should be really easy to transfer. Your main issue is going to be that it sounds like you don't have any GE credits, which you'll need almost anywhere you go.
I would also search the CC website to see if they have articulation agreements with any schools nearby. That will probably be your best bet.
RE: Best Degree with hospitality credits? - cookderosa - 06-18-2019
My son is earning his bachelor's degree from COSC in Hospitality and Management. You have to develop it as an individualized study option and you'll work with an advisor developing the courses. It's not hard, but you have to get it approved in advance. You have to submit your rationale for the concentration. In my son's case, he wrote about opening a busines, so they selected several business courses to use (he already had them in his transcript, they moved them around)
You can submit your community college transcripts and they'll do an evaluation. Your lower level courses will end up filling mostly electives, which is fine, but you'll need to take upper level hospitality courses in order to get THAT degree. Here's my son's Concentration Plan of Study:
Individualized Studies
Management/Hospitality
Use this form to list the courses and/or exams that you anticipate using in your 36-credit concentration.
At least 18 of these credits must be at the upper level. Grades of less than "C" are not accepted as part of the concentration.
Principles of Mgmt Straighterline
Organizational Behavior Straighterline
Marketing and Strategy OnlineDegree.com
Business Ethics Straighterline
Small Business Mgmt. Study.com
Hospitality 101 Intro to Hospitality Study.com
Hospitality 301 Hospitality and Marketing Study.com
Hospitality 304 Hotel and Lodging Management Study.com
Hospitality 309 Food and Bev Op Study.com
Hospitality 203 Bar and Bev Mgmt Coopersmith
Culinary 301 Food Styling Coopersmith
Capstone
If you do a search in the forum, I wrote a post called "Hospitality" that will give you a few more course options.
RE: Best Degree with hospitality credits? - natshar - 06-18-2019
If it's all Lower Level (100 or 200) and mostly or all or mostly hospitality (no gen eds, English, math, etc.) you might be better off going to a local school with an articulation agreement.
RE: Best Degree with hospitality credits? - bjcheung77 - 06-18-2019
I would apply to the Big 3 and WGU to get an evaluation. If you have taken any StraighterLine/Study.com courses, it's free for Excelsior, and WGU has free applications from time to time... go with the school who gives you the most credits into a program you're interested in.
RE: Best Degree with hospitality credits? - quigongene - 06-18-2019
(06-18-2019, 12:18 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: WGU has free applications from time to time...
WGU's "free application this week" has been going for over 2 years now :-P
RE: Best Degree with hospitality credits? - dfrecore - 06-18-2019
(06-18-2019, 12:18 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: I would apply to the Big 3 and WGU to get an evaluation. If you have taken any StraighterLine/Study.com courses, it's free for Excelsior, and WGU has free applications from time to time... go with the school who gives you the most credits into a program you're interested in.
None of these except COSC has a degree that will fit. You'll lose almost all of your credits going through WGU, and a lot through TESU and EC.
Like Jennifer said, you can either do COSC, or find a school that will use them.
RE: Best Degree with hospitality credits? - MINHAC - 06-18-2019
Thank you everyone for your help. I've included my current credits below if anyone has any additional feedback. I've also completed English Comp 1 on SL.
Menu planning and nutrition
3
Food Fundamentals I3
Food and Culture3
Dining Room Techniques4
Basic Math2
Food Production I4
Food Fundamentals II3
Sanitation/Safety/Equipment2
Hospitality Personnel MGMT3
Science of Baking3
Food Production II4
Communication Skills I2
Culinary Arts I4
Hospitality Accounting3
Classical Cuisine1
Artistic Display1
Into to Wine and Spirits2
General Psychology3
Employment Seminar1
Communication Skills II2
Encounters in Humanities3
Restaurant Law3
Microcomputer Literacy1
Culinary Arts II4
Purchasing and Cost Control3
Classical Cuisine1
Garde Manger2
Fundamentals of Communication3
Public Speaking3
Introduction to Sociology3
Hospitality Management4
Principles of Macroeconomics3
RE: Best Degree with hospitality credits? - dfrecore - 06-18-2019
Did you look at anything suggested? Like a school that has an articulation with your CC? Or COSC?
RE: Best Degree with hospitality credits? - MINHAC - 06-19-2019
(06-18-2019, 11:58 PM)dfrecore Wrote: Did you look at anything suggested? Like a school that has an articulation with your CC? Or COSC?
Yes, I am looking into all suggestions. Thank you.